Slow Cooker Chocolate Lava Cake
Slow cooker chocolate lava cake is an impressive, yet surprisingly easy, dessert. It features a rich, gooey center and deep chocolate flavor. Serve it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and feel like you’re dining out right at home!
Some desserts feel fancy but secretly couldn’t be easier to make.
This slow cooker chocolate lava cake is rich, indulgent, and practically makes itself while you go about your day.
The outside bakes up soft and cake-like while the inside stays warm and molten.
It tastes and feels just like a restaurant version of chocolate lava cake with its ooey gooey center.
And thanks to your slow cooker and a couple of boxed mixes, it’s totally beginner friendly!
Serve it warm with a scoop of ice cream and enjoy a chocolate dessert that delivers big flavor with minimal effort.
Ingredients
To make this you’ll need:
- Cake mix– A box of super moist chocolate fudge cake mix. Betty Crocker makes a really yummy mix.
- Milk– Whole is best.
- Canola oil– You could use vegetable oil if that’s what you have on hand
- Eggs
- Chocolate pudding mix– Instant pudding mix. A 3.9 ounce box
- Cold milk– For the pudding
How to Make
Making slow cooker chocolate lava cake is very easy!
Mix the cake mix, milk, oil, and eggs using an electric hand mixer until the mixture’s smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
Pour the batter into the bowl of a 6 quart slow cooker you’ve sprayed with nonstick spray, spreading it out in an even layer.
In another mixing bowl whisk together the pudding mix and the COLD milk until the pudding is smooth and thick.
Pour the pudding mixture into the slow cooker overtop of the cake mix.
Do NOT mix them.
Spread a clean dish towel over the bowl of the slow cooker.
Put the lid on the slow cooker to cover it and keep the towel in place.
Cook on LOW for 3 – 3 1/2 hours, until the cake’s set at the edges.
Turn off the slow cooker, remove the lid, and let the cake cool for 30 – 45 minutes.
Spoon into bowls, serve the lava cake warm, and enjoy!
Storing Leftovers
Store leftovers in the covered bowl of the slow cooker in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat individual portions in the microwave or reheat the whole thing in your slow cooker until warmed through.
Tips and Tricks
- You must use the dish towel as it absorbs condensation. Without the towel, the condensation would collect on the lid and fall onto the cake preventing it from cooking properly.
- This is delicious as is but amazing with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
- Using extra moist cake mix is key for best results!
Other Slow Cooker Desserts
Slow cooker chocolate lava cake is an impressive, ooey, gooey indulgence that will have everyone thinking you’re a master baker!
Make it and enjoy!
Looking for other slow cooker desserts?
Try these:
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Slow Cooker Chocolate Lava Cake
Ingredients
- 1 13.25 oz box super moist chocolate fudge cake mix
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 3.9 oz box instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 cups cold milk
Instructions
- Spray the bowl of a 6 quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray then set it aside.
- To a large mixing bowl add the cake mix, milk, oil, and eggs. Using an electric hand mixer blend everything together until the mixture's smooth and evenly combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.1 13.25 oz box super moist chocolate fudge cake mix, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup canola oil, 3 eggs
- Transfer the batter to the prepared slow cooker and spread out in a mostly even layer.
- In another mixing bowl add the pudding mix and the COLD milk. Whisk them together, just until evenly combined and thickened.1 3.9 oz box instant chocolate pudding mix, 2 cups cold milk
- Pour the pudding mixture slowly into the slow cooker overtop of the cake mix. Do NOT mix them.
- Spread a clean dish towel over the bowl of the slow cooker then add the lid to cover keeping the towel in place.
- Cook on LOW for 3 - 3 1/2 hours, until the cake's set at the edges.
- Turn off the slow cooker, remove the lid, and let the cake cool for 30 - 45 minutes.
- Spoon into bowls, serve the lava cake warm, and enjoy!
Notes
- You must use the dish towel as it absorbs condensation. Without the towel, the condensation would collect on the lid and fall onto the cake preventing it from cooking properly.
- This is delicious as is but amazing with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
- Using extra moist cake mix is key for best results!
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